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Noguchi, Isamu,
Abstract
Object -- Furniture
Architecture interior -- Domestic
Religion -- New Testament
Allegory -- Life
Allegory -- Quality
Stage set
Sculpture
Herodiade: Mirror, (sculpture).
Artist:
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, sculptor.
Title:
Herodiade: Mirror, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Mirror, (sculpture).
Dates:
1944.
Medium:
Painted wood.
Dimensions:
72 x 25 x 18 in.
Description:
One of four elements of a stage set which depicts the dressing room of Salome in old age. This piece is an abstract depiction of a mirror, made up of flat, interlocking shapes, roughly in the shape of an "X".
Subject:
Abstract
Object -- Furniture -- Mirror
Architecture interior -- Domestic -- Bedroom
Religion -- New Testament -- Salome
Allegory -- Life -- Old Age
Allegory -- Quality -- Beauty
Object Type:
Stage set
Sculpture
Owner:
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, 316 East 63rd Street, New York, New York 10021
Remarks:
One of four elements of a stage set for a dance piece choreographed by Martha Graham. See Noguchi, "The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum," for remarks on the set.
References:
Noguchi, Isamu, "The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum), 1987.
Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, no. 213C.
Illustration:
Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, plate 213A-D.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 87560822
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